Author: Sharon Black

Newcaledonia
Around the world

Kanak people resist French colonial rule in New Caledonia

May 25, 2024 Sharon Black
 French propaganda echoed in U.S. corporate media recalls Malcolm X’s famous words: “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are […]
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore
In the U.S.

Deadly bridge collapse exposes capitalist decay

April 2, 2024 Sharon Black
Baltimore — In the very early morning hours of March 26, while it was still dark and most people were asleep, the massive 984-foot-long, 213-million-pound container ship Dali lost power, veered off course and struck […]
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Puerto Rico

Hear Berta Joubert-Ceci: Puerto Rico, an update from the archipelago

April 2, 2024 Sharon Black
“The Yankees want the cage, but not the birds.” – Pedro Albizu Campos Berta Joubert-Ceci, a convenor of the 2019 Puerto Rico International Tribunal of Colonial Crimes of the United States, will be touring U.S. […]
Nyprotest
Around the world

Global capitalist crisis: Are we at a pivotal point?

December 22, 2023 Sharon Black
Analyzing imperialist wars, economic contractions, and the struggle for a multipolar world  Presentation given at the Socialist Unity Party national plenum on Dec. 16, 2023. Our plenum is dedicated to the Palestinian people and […]
Uawonstrike
Labor and strikes

UAW workers expand strike, call for support against billionaire CEOs

September 23, 2023 Sharon Black
 Sept. 22 — At 10 a.m., the United Auto Workers announced a major expansion of the current stand-up strike to 38 parts and distribution sites across 20 states at General Motors and Stellantis. Both […]
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Labor and strikes

Battle with the Big 3 auto companies is on as UAW strikes all three in historic first

September 16, 2023 Sharon Black
 September 15 — At midnight, United Auto Workers struck the Big Three companies — Ford, GM, and Stellanis — in what is being called a “Stand Up Strike.”  Striking at all three companies simultaneously […]
Melinda Havana Trans Conference
Oct 7

‘Standing up for trans people is self-defense for every worker’

September 12, 2023 Sharon Black
Interview with Oct. 7 organizer Transgender activist Melinda Butterfield is one of the key organizers for the Oct. 7 National March to Protect Trans Youth and Speakout for Trans Lives in Orlando, Florida. She is […]
Uawrally
Labor and strikes

Class struggle is back! 150,000 Auto Workers poised to strike

September 9, 2023 Sharon Black
A strike by 150,000 workers at automakers Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) looks imminent.   In a recent Facebook Live event, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain declared the Stellantis proposal trash, tossing it […]
Hands off syria
Around the world

What’s behind recent protests in Syria? Capitalist media hides the truth!

September 8, 2023 Sharon Black
The bourgeois media, from the New York Times to Reuters, have gleefully though somewhat prematurely hyped stories of a “potential second Arab Spring” in Syria.  In August, demonstrations broke out in response to the lifting […]
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In the U.S.

On the anniversary of Katrina: Capitalist murder is not a ‘natural disaster’

August 29, 2023 Sharon Black
[su_row] [su_column size=”1/3″] [/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″] [/su_column] [su_column size=”1/3″] [/su_column] [/su_row] Crimes of capitalism: New Orleans 2005, Lāhainā 2023. Aug. 27 — As many people prepare for last-minute summer outings and back-to-school shopping this Labor […]